Ankara

This is located within the boundaries of the village of Turkhoyuk and has marble columns and gravestones dating from the Roman and...

This is located within the boundaries of the village of Turkhoyuk and has marble columns and gravestones dating from the Roman and Byzantine eras. Kol Hoyuk is in the city limits of the town of Oyaca which you will find on the Ankara - Haymana highway, about 50km along heading toward the villa

This is located 25km from Ankara on the road to Konya where various strata in the burial mounds (tumulus) have unearthed remains f...

This is located 25km from Ankara on the road to Konya where various strata in the burial mounds (tumulus) have unearthed remains from the Chalcolithic, Early Bronze Age, Hittite, Phrygian, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine cultures and is one of the most important Hittite and Phrygian sites in the Ankar

This is 78km from Ankara using the Cankiri road and is an obvious landmark as it is built on a cone-shaped hill and is close to th...

This is 78km from Ankara using the Cankiri road and is an obvious landmark as it is built on a cone-shaped hill and is close to the modern town of Kalecik. The hill connects to a ridge southwest in the mountains that is high above the plain that has been formed by the Kizilirmak (Red River).

This village is around 60km northwest of Ankara and has been an important continuous settlement dating back to the Classic Age. &n...

This village is around 60km northwest of Ankara and has been an important continuous settlement dating back to the Classic Age. In the area of Asarkaya there are remains of a Celtic castle and artefacts from the Hellenistic Age were found in the burial mound (tumulus) here and from coins disco

In the Gudul District close to Kirmir Creek are caves believed to be from the Byzantine era that have been dug out of the side ...

In the Gudul District close to Kirmir Creek are caves believed to be from the Byzantine era that have been dug out of the side of the mountain and resemble a village community. The caves were once inhabited by local people; it has an underground church at its centre with stairs that connect tunne

Kecioren is one of the city’s central districts and houses the world’s largest meteorology centre along with severa...

Kecioren is one of the city’s central districts and houses the world’s largest meteorology centre along with several departments of the Ankara University, the Ataturk Sanatorium and the Gulhane Military Medical Academy. You will also find the old Ankara Agricultural School that was us

The Golbasi (Gölbaşı) region is 27km from Ankara’s city centre which has good transport links to take you there and b...

The Golbasi (Gölbaşı) region is 27km from Ankara’s city centre which has good transport links to take you there and because of its close proximity is a place many of the city’s resident’s escape for the weekend. This is where the aerial clubs of Ankara’s universities o

Bitik Mound is 42km northwest of Ankara and excavations here have revealed dwellings (from top to bottom) dating from the Classic ...

Bitik Mound is 42km northwest of Ankara and excavations here have revealed dwellings (from top to bottom) dating from the Classic Age in the 5th century BC and further back to the Late Bronze Age. There are also less important Phrygian and Hittite dwellings here. Artefacts found from in Bitik